VAR and its variants across all sports exist out of a goal to eliminate mistakes by getting every call right.
Even if I think the call in the Croatia match was correct, it's clear that no replay system can accomplish that goal or even bring us meaningfully closer to a world where that's the case.
If replay only makes it marginally more likely that the right call is being made on the field, is that really worth the trade off of stopping games for minutes on end, often amidst or after their most dramatic and important moments, for replay review?
@Ryley__Delaney So when dzecko recklessly sprints downfield, without the ball, and then raises an elbow/forearm into Tyler Adams head as they make contact, why is that not subject to the same review & standard? Because it is a flawed system and a ref using slomo to re-legislate the game.